13 Murals to See in Québec City

Artists: CitéCréation with the participation of Hélène Fleury, Marie-Chantal Lachance and Pierre Laforest

Location: 29 Rue Notre-Dame

Description: Visitors to Old Québec's Place-Royale can't miss the immense Fresque des Québécois on Côte de la Montagne. This mural recounts the story of Québec City, weaving in visual allusions to its unique architecture and fortifications, and its larger-than-life personalities. Look closely at the building's windows: you'll see some 15 historic figures and nearly a dozen of Québec's leading writers and artists. It's truly a breathtaking work!

Artists:  Murale Création

Location: 102 Rue du Petit-Champlain

Description: Further along, at the foot of Escalier Casse-Cou (Breakneck Steps) and along one of the oldest streets in North America, is Fresque du Petit-Champlain. It depicts milestones in the history of Cap-Blanc, Québec City's working-class waterfront neighbourhood, from the beginnings of New France until the present day.

Artist : Paul Abraham

Location : Musée naval de Québec

Description : As part of the Naval Reserve of Canada 100th anniversary, the Naval Museum has commissioned a huge historical mural. The title of the mural is Audace, and at nearly 200 metres long and 2 stories high, it’s one of the largest of its kind in Canada!

Artists: Murale Création

Location: 1037 Rue de la Chevrotière

Description: A stone's throw from Parliament Hill on Rue De La Chevrotière, one wall of Édifice Marie-Guyart shows off Fresque BMO de la capitale nationale du Québec, which commemorates Québec City's 400 years of rich political history. It depicts the façade of Québec's Parliament Building and various individuals who—each in his or her own way—left their mark on the province's political development.

Artist: Lucienne Cornet 

Location:  541 Rue Saint-Vallier Est 

Description: The staircase connecting Côte d’Abraham to Saint-Roch offers a window into a strange, underground world strewn with roots and fossils. On a cement wall, raised forms twist and turn in patterns reminiscent of Medusa’s hair—a subtle nod to the nearby artist co-op of the same name.

Artist: Easy Brad 

Location: 336 Rue du Pont 

Description: Standing at the boundary between Saint-Roch and Old Limoilou, this mural depicts two heads (representing the two neighbourhoods) playing a game of snakes and ladders. Their stares aren’t really about rivalry, but about paying close attention to the game—a metaphor for the city’s growth and change.

Artists: Korb and Axe   

Location: Corner of Rue Caron & Rue du Prince-Édouard 

Description: Two muralists met with locals to hear their stories and discover their city. They created a mural out of their experience and the result is pretty dreamy!

Artists: Martin Bureau (conception) and Marie-Fauve Bélanger (execution) 

Location: 100 Rue Arago Est 

Description: Here we see the Château Frontenac in ruins, with a colour gradient reminiscent of flames. The angle is the same used by Hitchcock in his 1953 movie, I Confess, which was filmed in Québec City. Crows in the sky add to the apocalyptic mood, a nod to the filmmaker’s 1963 classic, The Birds.

Artist: Dan Brault 

Location: 300 Rue Raoul-Jobin 

Description: In an enchanted world without rules, a whimsical mix of characters, objects, and graphic elements are assembled around an injured tree. They bring an aura of playful magic to the scene, witnessing the fallen tree and willing it to reappear above in the shape of a young conifer.

Artists: Pierre&Marie 

Location: 284 Rue Durocher 

Description: In this collage-style mural, a group of animals and objects seem to pop up from below. The artists have used a combination of processes and techniques from the worlds of painting and photography to create a colourful world with a festive, impromptu air. 

Artist: Patrick Forchild 

Location: 680 Rue Raoul-Jobin 

Description: This moving mural illustrates the ties forged between city employees and residents during the pandemic, evoking a sense of solidarity and caring in a delicately realistic style. The central figure wears symbols of gratitude and gazes out towards the horizon in an expression of hope.

Artist: Ilana Pichon 

Location: 125 Rue Oscar-Drouin and 375 Rue Kirouac 

Description: This joyful, colourful mural was created in collaboration with 50 elementary school students from Saint-Sauveur. After exploring the neighbourhood’s architectural features, the students were invited to draw them in their own lighthearted way. The artist turned those drawings into a mural that captures the students’ spontaneity.

Artist: MC Grou 

Loction: Bicycle path on the Saint-Charles River, under the Laurentian Highway bridge

Description: Striking and inviting, this mural turns a concrete jungle into an urban oasis full of plants in animals in bright oranges and greens. Viewers get a different reading depending on the speed at which they drive or walk by. A closer look reveals intriguing characters such as the American eel, which recently made a comeback in the nearby Saint Charles River.

Artist: Dom Laporte 

Location: 344 Chemin de la Canardière 

Description: Studies show that art and nature are good for our health. This mural combines the two, turning an ordinary wall into an inspiring, regenerative space. In it, a Western meadowlark soars amid fragrant herbs and bright sunshine. The work radiates life, brightening up the neighbourhood in a scene soothing to the eye and the soul.